Money-changer



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L, PRATT,` OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

MONEY-CHANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,544, dated .April14, 1885.

` Application sied october 20,1884. (Nd mona.)

To all wh'om, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. PRATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Money- Changer, of which the following is aspecification. p

This invention relates to that class of moneychangers in which coins ofthe same or of different denominations may be removed from theirrespective holders or pockets simultaneously, and discharged togetherthrough a common delivery, forming a combination of coins representing agiven amount of change.

`The object of this invention is to construct an improved device for theabove-named purpose, to obviate danger of breaking and getting out oforder, to effect greater mechanical simplicity, and to facilitate theoperation. a A prominent feature in this invention is that the coins arepushed out of the coin-pockets by a direct leverage-power without theintervention between the nger-keys and the coin-slides (push-forks invthe present construction) of connecting means liable to stretch, break,and otherwise get out of order.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, Figure lillustrates a plan of the construction, the case-inclosure not beingshown, parts in said figure being in section on the dotted lines inFigs. 2 and 6 and parts being left full; Fig. 2, a perspective view of aportion of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a detail of parts in Fig. 1,' showing anequivalent modification in construction; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail ofparts in Fig. l, showing a double push-fork and its use, hereinafterdescribed; Fig. 5, an enlarged detail in perspective, and Fig. 6 abroken top plan view ofthe coin-pockets.

The coin-pockets P may consist of any desired number, preferably six, ofsizes to contain one, five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, and one hundredcent pieces, Fig. 6. They may be made by boring them through a block oftim-.

ber, D', or otherwise formed, as desired. I prefer to construct thecoin-pockets as shown in Figs. l and 6, in which the block D is providedwith a shelf, D, lower than the height of the pockets, and bounding thelower front side ofthe same, thus leaving the upper portion of thepockets se micircular. in form,which leaves portions of the coinstherein exposed. This facilitates filling the pockets, "as theoperator,sitting in front, can toss the coins to` place, and also'in the-removalof the coins from the pockets they can mostly be taken out from the top,which is frequently desirable when` closing business for the night. Theunder side of the block D is faced with a metal plate when said block isnot composed` of metal. This pocket-block D is set at an angle toconform sufficiently accurate to the line described by the sweep of thepush-forks y, as saidforks come in'contact with the under side of said ablock in their operation hof. pushing out Athe coins a a. y

Tongues or coin-rests c, of a width narrower than the diameter of thecoin-pockets P, are secured under each pocket, Figs. l and, a spacebeing left betweensaid rest c and the ing to the thickness of theparticular coins in the pocket.

When the coin-pockets P are filled with coins, the latter rest on thecoin-rests c. Thus when a push-fork, y, is carried forward it straddlesthe coin-rest c and pushes against the bottom coin, forcing the latterout, when it falls into aspout and slides by its own gravity to adelivery-opening in the case, said deliv-V ery-.opening not here shown.i

. In Fig. l an incline spout, z, is shown, into which the coins from anyand all of the pockets P fall, this spout being here shown incrosssection, looking against its upper incline side, the walls eachside of said spout being in vertical section. As this feature has beenthoroughly illustrated in the prior state ofthe art, no furtherdescription is deemed necessary.

Such a numberof finger-keys d d are emf ployed as will correspond to theseveral combinations of change desired, a sufficient num- 7o under sideof the block D", of a size correspondber being herein shown simply toshow the` the movementA given thefkeys d d by pressing down up on them,I employ teeter-levers B, one' mately centrally in the lower part of thecase.

These levers B at the back side are connected with the push-forks y, thebars r c simply amounting to an extension or handle of the push-forks.The part 'v is elastic metal, and the fork y is adjustably connectedtherewith by set-screw n. The elasticity of the push-forkhandlesobviates danger of undue friction of the forks with the underside of the pocketblock D. In lieu of this the fork-handles r might behinged to the levers B and the elasticity be imparted byconnecting-springs S; but the fork-handles may be made, if desired,non-elastic and non-adjustable. The ofce of the springs S in thisconstruction is to obviate danger of the push-forks y not being drawnback after having pushed out a coin by the descent of the back part ofthe teeter-levers B. It is designed to make said portion of the levers Bheavier than the forward portions, so that they will automatically falland pull back the push-forks. This is usually done by loeating thefulcrum @o a little forward of the center. VThus the springs S may ormay 'not be used, as desired.

The key-levers c are provided with downward projections t', adapted topress down the forward bars'of the teeter-levers B when the keys d d arepushed down. The projection i of a given key-lever, c', upon the key dof which a certain sum is marked, operates the particular teeter-lever Bwith which the pushfork is connected, which is to push out a coinrepresenting said sum. To illustrate: The onedollar key operates theoutside or rst teeterlever, and to the rear bar of said lever theonedollar push -fork is connected, said fork of course operating beneaththe one-dollar coinpocket. This arrangement is followed in regard to theother key-levers and projections; but when the key d is marked with sucha sum as to require two or more pieces of coin of differentdenominations to compose the sum, the projection z' is provided withprongs or shoulders adapted to press upon all the levers B with whichsuch forks are connected as are necessary to pushout the said two ormore pieces of coin. To illustrate, referring to key marked 35: Toobtain this amount from the case requires a twenty-iive-cent coin fromthe twenty-ve-cent pocket, and a ten-cent coin from the ten-cent pocket.Observe that the projection z' has a shoulder, i', adapted to press downon the lever B with which the tencent push-fork is connected. Thus thedownward movement of the thirty-iive-cent key opcrates both thetwenty-five-cent and the tencent levers and push-forks', pushing bothcoins out at the same time. They are pushed out at the same time,because the distance from the foot of the projection i to the shoulderz" corresponds to the difference in the distance which each coin has tobe moved before it Will drop from its rest c, one of the coins beinglarger than the other.v

As an equivalent to the shouldered projection,akeylever may be providedwith aforked projection, or with more than one projection, adapted topress upon any combination 0f levers, B, desired. To illustrate: Aone-dollarand-flfteen-cent key-lever could have a projection foroperating the one-dollar lever B, one for the ten-cent lever B, andanother for the five-cent. Thus the mechanism may be arranged andconstructed to deliver any coin or combinations of coins desirable andpracticable, a mention of each conceivable combination not being deemedherein necessary.

Springs t are connected with the key-levers c', to bring them up againafter having been pressed down.

In Fig. 8 an equivalent illustration of the principles of my inventionappears. It consists in levers composed of side bars in the rear of thefulcrum x, and rear bars connecting the rear ends of said side bars,representing halves of square frames, one within the other, and inextending the levers c rearwardly beyond their fulcrum x beneath therear bars of the levers B, where they are provided with projectionsadapted to lift up on said rear bars of the levers B in the same mannerof pressing down on the front bars of said levers B in Fig. 2. Y Toobviate the necessity of having a coin-pocket for two-cent coins,and inthe absence of twentycent coins, I make `the push-forks for the cent andten-cent pockets double-that is, I locate one fork in the rear ofanother, with a little greater distance between them than the diameterof the coinsthat is to say, such a distance that one coin will be pushedout and the coin above will have settled down on the rest c by the timethe rear fork is ready to push out said latter coin, Fig. 4C. In thisfigure the forward pushfork has pushed out a cent or a ten-cent coin, asthe case may be, and the rear fork secured to the same handle is readyto push out the second coin, which is effected by a further downwardmovement of the key. In this case the projections t of the two-cent andtwentycent key-levers will be twice as long as they would be if but asingle coin were required from the cent and ten-cent pockets; but'asthere are no two-cent and twenty-cent pockets P there need not be anytwo-cent and twentycent keys, and preferably so by simply making theprojections i of the two-cent and tencent key-levers of double length,then when a single coin is desired the key will be pressed down half thedistance, as when two coins are desired.

Having thus described my invention, what IOS IIO

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 4. In a moneyehanger,the combination of Patent, isa series of eoinpookets, a series ofpushforks l. In a money-changer, the combination of havingdownwardly-extended handles, a sey a series of coin-pockets adapted forthe bot# ries of levers fulerumed in the lower portion 35 torn coin tobe pushed from beneath the eoins of the ease, and having rear barsconnecting above, a series of push-forks for pushing out with thefork-handles, springs for assisting the coins, a series of lleversfulerumed in the the rear part of the fulerumed levers to fall to" lowerside of the case and having rear bars plaee in pulling back vthepush-fork, and keyconnecting with the push-forks, and a series levershaving the projections for pressing on 4o ro of key-levers provided`with suitable projeethe fulerumzid lever, all substantially as set"tions for operating the levers, which connect forth. Y with thepush-forks, substantially as set forth. 5. In a money-changer, thecombination of 2. In a money-changer, the combination of a coin-pocketprovided at the bottom with the a series of coin-pockets provided at theopen narrow coin-rests, a lever fulorumed at the 45 i 5 bottom with thecoin-rests, a series of reotanlower side of the ease and having a rearbar guiar frame-levers, one within the other, and parallel withsaid'fulernnl, a double push-fork fuloruined substantially at theircenter in the the handle thereof connecting with said rear lower part ofthe ease, push-forks having llexibar, and a key-lever provided with aprojecble handles connecting with the rear bars of tion of suitablelength for pressing on the ful- ,5o i

2o the rectangular frame-levers, and a series of crumed lever to givethe double push-fork a key-levers provided with projections forpresssufficient sweep to push two coins out of the ing upon one or moreof the frame-levers at a coin-pockets, substantially as set forth.single movement, substantially as set forth. In testimony of theforegoing I have herey 3. In a money-changer, the combination of untosubscribed my name in presence of two 55 2 5 the coin-pockets having`the narrow coin-rests witnesses.

below the openbottom of the pockets, the pnshforks adapted to engage theunder face of the ARTHUR L. PRATT. coin-pocket block and to straddle theooinrests during the sweep of said push-forks in Vitnesses: l

3o pushing out the coins, and suitable levers for JOHN H. CHASE,

. pushing said forks, substantially as set forth. I. L. WEST.

